Be careful with good habits. This may sound revolutionary and sound like it was a mistake but it is not. The idea is not that we have to be careful with bad habits, that would be normal and most of us are careful to keep ourselves within the bounds of propriety and what is right and good.
Be careful with good habits. Again it means to be careful not to make a ritual out of anything even if it is a good habit. As in, ‘I do my yoga practice in the morning’ therefore nothing can interrupt it. But what if there is a need? What if there is a person not a practice that needs you more than your habit?
‘I read between the times of 7:00 am and 8:30 am’. Well, la di da. And if your partner, your friend or your child needs your time between those hours you are not available. In that case, a good habit needs to be broken so that human interaction and human relation can continue on the level that edifies both the giver and the receiver.
A good habit is only a good habit if it does not make us spiritual prudes. Spiritual people keep themselves open to others.
There is a great push and a great tug to make people self caring in such a way that they forget their surroundings. It is healthier and much more caring to self and others if we put ourselves out there for others so that they can be built and we can be built with them.
Good habits are not a religion. Good habits should not replace good sense.